Physics (YPH11)

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Free Physics (YPH11) study notes for Pearson Edexcel International A Level students. Each chapter covers a key topic with examples and practice prompts you can continue inside the thinka app.

Mechanics and Materials

    Waves and Electricity

      Unit 1 (IAS): Mechanics and Materials

      • Motion, Forces and Momentum

      • Work, Energy, Power and Efficiency

      • Fluids: Density, Upthrust and Viscosity

      • Materials: Hooke's Law, Young Modulus and Strain Energy

      Further Mechanics, Fields and Particles

        Unit 2 (IAS): Waves and Electricity

        • Wave Properties, Superposition and Standing Waves

        • Refraction, Polarisation and Diffraction

        • Photons, Photoelectric Effect and Particle Nature of Light

        • Electric Circuits: Current, Resistance and Circuit Laws

        • Resistivity, Potential Dividers, e.m.f. and Internal Resistance

        Thermodynamics, Radiation, Oscillations and Cosmology

          Unit 3 (IAS): Practical Skills in Physics I

          • Planning an Experiment (IAS)

          • Apparatus, Range and Resolution (IAS)

          • Implementation, Readings and Significant Figures (IAS)

          • Processing Results and Graphs (IAS)

          • Uncertainties and Evaluation (IAS)

          Unit 4 (IA2): Further Mechanics, Fields and Particles

          • Further Mechanics: Impulse, Momentum and Circular Motion

          • Electric Fields and Capacitors

          • Magnetic Fields and Electromagnetic Induction

          • Nuclear and Particle Physics

          Unit 5 (IA2): Thermodynamics, Radiation, Oscillations and Cosmology

          • Thermodynamics and Ideal Gases

          • Nuclear Decay and Radioactivity

          • Oscillations, Damping and Resonance

          • Gravitational Fields and Orbits

          • Astrophysics and Cosmology

          Unit 6 (IA2): Practical Skills in Physics II

          • Planning an Experiment (IA2)

          • Implementation, Tables and Units (IA2)

          • Log Graphs and Data Analysis (IA2)

          • Compound Uncertainties, Precision and Accuracy (IA2)

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